Meeting participation - quick overview

What you need to know

As a participant of an online lecture or a conference or a meeting or a hybrid event via alfaview, various functions and settings are available to you.
Here you will find a quick overview of the following functions and options:
- Switching from the parent room (=start room) to a sub-room or group
- Adjusting the volume
- Turning off the microphone and camera
- Leaving the room

For all other functions, see Helpcard Internal link opens in the same window:AVIEW 10-020 - "Participating in a meeting (lecture, conference, hybrid event -participant status".

The starting point is an existing connection to an online lecture room or a room of the central units, i.e. when you enter, you are always in a higher-level room (=start room) of your faculty or a higher-level room (=start room, e.g. "IMZ") of one of the central university services.

What you have to do

Quick overview
Enter room
1. Move to another group (sub-room) and find out who is attending the meeting
2. Click on the "participant-list" icon - "two-person"-icon
  (1st icon from the left in the toolbar at the top right).
  All rooms and sub-rooms (groups) with any attending participants open in a window on the right.
3. Hover the mouse cursor over the group (sub-room), you want to move, and click on "Join".
  You switch the group, and your name is indicated below this group.
4. Click the "participant-list" icon again to close the window.
Adjusting the volume
1. Click on the "Open settings" icon - "Gear icon".
  (2nd icon from the right in the top right toolbar).
  The settings options open in a window on the right.
2. With the left mouse button pressed, drag the slider to the desired position.
3. Click the "Settings" icon again to close the window.
Micro off and on
1. Click on the "Microphone" icon
  (1st icon from the left in the top center toolbar).
  The microphone that is on by default (highlighted in blue) is turned off - visible by the crossed-out microphone icon .
  This is always useful when you are not speaking. It improves the acoustic quality of the meeting.
2. Click the microphone icon again when you want to speak.
  The microphone is activated - visible by the blue microphone icon .
Camera off and on
1. Click on the "Camera" icon
  (2nd icon from the left in the top centre toolbar).
  The camera menu opens.
2. Click on "Camera off".
  The camera you selected when starting alfaview will be turned off - visible by the crossed out camera icon .
  If you turn off your camera, you will not see the other participants either.
3. Click the camera icon again to click "Camera on" in the camera menu if you want to be seen and see others.
  The camera is activated - visible by the blue camera icon.
  At the same time, all other participants become visible again.
Leave room
1. Leave lecture, conference, meeting, hybrid event
2. Click on the "Exit room" icon - "Square with arrow pointing right" icon (1st icon from the right in the toolbar at the top right).
  The "Leave room" message is displayed.
3. Click "Leave room" to exit alfaview.
  The alfaview login screen appears.
  This login screen is for administrators only.
  You cannot log in here with your HFU account!

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